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History 120717 is a selection of 10 questions. History 120717 is the filename to differentiate it from other History quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 What device linked London and Paris in 1891 for the first time?
A The public telephone
2 What was the codename of the military action to eject the Iraqi army from Kuwait 1991?
A Operation Desert Storm
3 Which is the oldest royal residence in Britain?
A Windsor Castle (The original castle was built in the 11th century)
4 Which uncle of Prince Philip’s was killed by a terrorist bomb in a boat off Ireland in 1979?
A Lord Louis Mountbatten
5 Which fifth-century leader of the Huns was known as the ‘Scourge of God’?
A Attila
6 In which modern-day country is Waterloo, the scene of the famous battle fought in 1815?
A Belgium
7 Which Venetian merchant traveller is said to have served the emperor, Kublai Khan?
A Marco Polo (he is said to have travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295)
8 What was the name of Scottish Gillie with whom it is rumoured that Queen Victoria had an affair?
A John Brown
9 Who succeeded Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union?
A Khrushchev (from1953 to 1964) (Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev)
10 What relation was Queen Elizabeth I of England to Queen Mary Tudor?
A Half-sister